Research & Analysis

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2010-2023
Two men working on a building construction site.
Buildings
June 5, 2024
Article

Reducing built-in carbon emissions

The next climate action frontier
Portrait of Rachel Sutton
Buildings
April 25, 2024
Media Release

Landmark Reframed Initiative demonstrates how deep building retrofits are doable and necessary

Designs include energy and carbon reductions plus beyond-energy benefits making homes healthier, safer, climate resilient and more affordable to heat and cool
Portrait of Betsy Agar various old Pembina Institute logos
Cover of Reframed report showing front of Medewiwin Apartments
Buildings
April 25, 2024
Publication

Reframed Initiative: Outcomes and analysis

A study of six best-in-class deep retrofit schematic designs
Portrait of Betsy Agar various old Pembina Institute logos
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities
April 16, 2024
Media Release

Federal progress on climate now requires matching ambition from provinces and industry

Budget 2024 supports efficient and affordable housing, transportation, clean energy tax credits, and Indigenous loan guarantees
Portrait of Scott MacDougall
Buildings
April 8, 2024
Media Release

New modelling signals scale of investments needed to relieve home energy poverty

Low-income Canadians need help lowering energy bills and improving quality of life
Portrait of Betsy Agar
Cover of Better Buildings report show house under construction
Buildings
April 8, 2024
Publication

Better Buildings for All

Relieving energy poverty through deep retrofits
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy Portrait of Betsy Agar
Cover of report - Beyond Energy Efficiency: Deep Retrofits - external renovations of multiunit apartment building with scaffolding
Buildings
February 7, 2024
Publication

Beyond Energy Efficiency

Deep retrofits save more than just money
Portrait of Raidin Blue Portrait of Jessica McIlroy Portrait of Betsy Agar
Buildings
October 26, 2023
Media Release

Pembina reacts to pause in home heating oil carbon tax and doubling of rural rebate program

Carbon tax should be a vehicle for funding the transition of households struggling with energy costs to more affordable, low emission sources of heating
Portrait of Betsy Agar
Cover of Modernizing Ontario's Conservation and Demand Management Framework submission
Electricity
September 22, 2023
Publication

Modernizing Ontario's Conservation and Demand Management Framework

Pembina Institute response and comments
various old Pembina Institute logos various old Pembina Institute logos
Buildings
September 20, 2023
Publication

A joint industry letter to B.C. municipal councils

It's time for local governments to adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code
Portrait of Betsy Agar Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Electricity
August 10, 2023
Media Release

Canada's landmark Clean Electricity Regulations help move towards an affordable and reliable clean grid

Today's announcement of the draft Clean Electricity Regulations offers policy certainty and pathways for Canada's provinces
various old Pembina Institute logos
Buildings
July 13, 2023
Article

Building sustainable communities

Canada urgently needs a Green Buildings Strategy
Portrait of Betsy Agar
Buildings
June 19, 2023
Publication

Getting Canada’s homes in order

Opportunities for transformative action through the Canada Green Building Strategy
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy Portrait of Betsy Agar various old Pembina Institute logos
Flags of Canada's provinces and territories
Buildings, Electricity, Oil & Gas, Transportation
April 25, 2023
Article

National Inventory Report suggests Canada’s climate policies are starting to work

Emissions are declining but Canada needs to pick up the pace to achieve 2030 climate targets
Portrait of Courtney Smith
Residential building renovation
Buildings
April 6, 2023
Article

Buildings need to be part of Canada’s climate adaptation strategy

Retrofits play a role in not only decarbonizing buildings, but adapting them for increasingly extreme weather
Portrait of Betsy Agar